Mission Impossible 8 Cast and Their Salaries in Hollywood: How Much Has Tom Cruise Earned From MI Movies?

Veteran star Tom Cruise and the cast of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning was paid in millions for their hard work for the franchise!

The Mission: Impossible franchise has been running for almost 30 years, with the first film releasing in 1996. Tom Cruise, who found worldwide fame with the role of Agent Ethan Hunt, continued to reprise the role in every movie in the franchise.

With millions of dollars spent on making these films, Tom Cruise’s net worth rose to higher and higher peaks. Alongside him, the supporting cast and recurring actors also started earning more thanks to the success of the franchise. But how much did the cast of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning earn for their roles in the movie?

The cast of The Final Reckoning earned millions

Although paychecks and salaries aren’t a thing which are revealed publicly, insiders and sources speculate and estimate that the cast of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning was paid millions for their roles.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) | Credits: Paramount Pictures

According to an insider, it has been estimated that the movie was made with a massive budget of $400 million (and independently confirmed by IMDb). Of course, most of the budget went into paying the iconic stars who are currently shining in the movie.

Although it is hard to determine and nail the perfect salary for every cast member of the movie, here are some of the salaries of the main star cast of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

According to the insider, Hayley Atwell (who portrayed the role of Grace in the franchise) was allegedly paid a total of $2 million, while Simon Pegg (as Benji Dunn) received a paycheck of $2.5 million for his role in the movie. It’s also rumored that Ving Rhames (Luther Stickell) was paid a total of $3 million for the movie.

Last but not least, lead star Tom Cruise was allegedly paid a whopping $25 million for his role as Ethan Hunt in The Final Reckoning. To put the cherry on top, it has also been speculated that Tom Cruise will also be receiving 10% of the total profits of the film.

How much has Tom Cruise earned from the MI movies?

With his millions of earnings every year, Tom Cruise is one of the richest stars in Hollywood and has quite a high net worth. Although the earnings are estimates only, it is still impressive nonetheless.

Tom Cruise in a still from Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Credits: Paramount Pictures

According to Celebrity Net Worth, the actor earns a rough estimate of $50 million every year. With the success that his films have been making in theaters, the actor’s current net worth is rumored to be a whopping $600 million!

Add the recent $25 million, and Cruise’s net worth jumps up to $625 million with all his films and projects combined. Considering the amount of work and energy that Cruise puts into his films, the actor deserves every single dollar of his net worth.

As per Cosmopolitan, Cruise reportedly earned a total of $70 million for the first Mission: Impossible movie (with a share of the box office collection). For the second, third, and fourth movies, Cruise earned $75 million, respectively. For Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the actor’s base salary was $25 million with a total estimate of $70-100 million.

For Fallout, the actor was paid $28 million upfront with backend deals, which earned him a total estimate of around $100 million. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One saw a sharp decline as the actor was only paid $12-14 million for his role as Ethan Hunt. Much like previous films, the profit sharing earned him a total of $70-100 million.

All in all, the actor has earned a whopping $385 million from all the Mission: Impossible movies, give or take a few. With that being said, it is a coin toss since these salaries and paychecks, rumors and not the confirmed truth. Nothing can be confirmed at this point, but what we do know is that Tom Cruise is indeed one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is currently screening in theaters (USA).